Fantastic result and a well deserved win. I'm not having any of that "the scum were poor" shit. The scum were made to look poor because for once our lot went at them, pressured them, and forced them onto the back foot. We outplayed them and and outfought them. It's an indicator of where the PL really is in terms of quality that all of the "top 6" sides are beatable if you put them on the back foot early enough, but will usually win if given the room to play. It's become an attackers league with very very few decent defensive units.
Xhaka and Ramsey were both good in spells, better than either have been most of the season. They were better set up and at least seemed capable of getting organised and being a bit more disciplined, so that if one stepped up to pressure the vermin the other tucked in to cover the back 4. Still, both had a few clangers....
MOTM from Ozil, who was superb, but of course the same people that tell you he never turns up against "the top sides" will now tell you the scum aren't a top side, even though those same people spent all last week predicting the scum would wipe the floor with us because they are now sooooo much better than us.
Sanchez, Ozil and Lacazette, if coached properly by a top manager, could be the basis of a superb side. Lacazette is not a top striker by any means, he is a yard short in pace and doesn't have that explosive burst to go off the oppo shoulder, but otherwise his movement off the ball is very clever and effective and he creates space for the likes of Sanchez. If we had a real top 20+ PL goals a season striker in there with Ozil and Sanchez, Ozil would be once again setting assist records. His "chances created" stats are still top of the PL - only matched by De Bruyne. Sanchez was superb too, fought all day long and was constantly pressuring their defenders.
Special mention for Kos and Mustafi who were both brilliant, especially Mustafi. That diving block to stop Fat Tongue scoring a cert was proper old school defending.
Overall a great performance and a great win and THAT is all that matters in the short term. So my advice is just fucking enjoy it for what it is. No one is saying everything is fine now and we all support Wenger ffs. But if you cannot take any joy from outclassing and beating the scum then seriously you have issues.
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